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Concert review: Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth attends the performance of Brahms at New York’s 92Y on 23 October 2021
Concert review: Kronos Quartet, Special Music School Quartet, Kodak Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth hears a collection of new works at the Merkin Concert Hall on 21 October 2021
Concert review: Brentano Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, American String Quartet, Anton Nel (piano) Eighth Blackbird, Telegraph Quartet, Charles Neidich (Clarinet) Emerson Quartet
Bruce Hodges attends a performance marking the 50th anniversary of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation at The Town Hall on 8 October 2021
Book review: The Double Bass Book
Philip Brown reviews a comprehensive guide to the double bass, published for the first time in English
Book review: Exercises and Scales for Violin Positions: Handbook for Violin Lessons
Celia Cobb reviews a guide to shifting and position-work by Ines Ana Tomić
Concert review: Pavel Haas Quartet, Pavel Nikl (viola) Boris Giltburg (piano)
Tim Homfray attends a recital of Brahms quintets at London’s Wigmore Hall on 19 October 2021
Concert reviews
Concert review: Antoine Tamestit (viola) London Symphony Orchestra/Robin Ticciati
Tim Homfray gives his thoughts on a performance of Walton’s Viola Concerto at LSO St Luke’s on 14 October 2021
Concert review: Pekka Kuusisto (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on a new concerto by Bryce Dessner, at the Royal Festival Hall on 3 October 2021
Concert review: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner
Peter Quantrill hears a performance of Lutosławski at the Royal Festival Hall on 1 October 2021
Concert review: Jerusalem Quartet, Amanda Forsyth (cello)
Dennis Rooney attends a recital of Haydn, Schubert and Shostakovich at New York’s 92Y on 6 November 2021
Fitzwilliam Quartet: Schubert
Historically informed approach highlights these works’ complexity
Pavel Šporcl: Paganiniana
This attractive Paganini tribute doesn’t quite hit the mark
Book reviews
Peter Sheppard Skærved: Cowie
Captivating avian homage to Messiaen by senior British composer
Hannah Collins: Resonance Lines
Adventurous, impressive collection of contemporary solo cello music
Vadim Repin: Gubaidulina
An orchestral 90th-birthday tribute to a singular and original Russian composer
Jonah Kim: Approaching Autumn
A triumphant performance of the great central work on this solo album
Takács Quartet: Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn
Illuminating the context of love and grief within the Mendelssohns’ lives
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason: Muse
Exquisite playing on the Kanneh-Mason siblings’ first recording together
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